{"product_id":"the-camera-at-war","title":"The Camera at War","description":"Condition: BRAND NEW\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781781579657\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2026\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Ilex\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDescription:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIt is said that the first casualty of war is truth. But in the arena of war photography, the truth is never simple.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing on an incredible range of imagery from the Imperial War Museum's vast collection and other major archives around the globe, expert curator Hilary Roberts presents a new perspective on the role of image manipulation in this field over the past 170 years,exploring the consequences for our understanding of historic and contemporary conflicts.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e From the staged scenes and hand-coloured Daguerreotypes of the Crimean War at the very beginning of conflict photography to the AI-generated protest and propaganda imagery of today, Roberts explores the myriad ways in which layers of meaning can be added, erased or changed completely. As \u003ci\u003eThe Camera at War \u003c\/i\u003eso powerfully reveals, sometimes this has been done in order to present a closer approximation of the truth, and sometimes for the causes of national morale, subterfuge and control of the winning narrative.","brand":"ALLIANCE DIST - SF","offers":[{"title":"Default","offer_id":41858839773317,"sku":"PR431814","price":111.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/0213\/3637\/files\/image_TTG2ETMH2OSF.jpg?v=1789092975","url":"https:\/\/smartfoxbooks.com.au\/products\/the-camera-at-war","provider":"Smartfox Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}